This may seem a fairly simple task, but it’s actually a little complicated to pack and send picture frames and photo frames the right way. A first consideration is the size of the picture, photo frame or picture frame to be shipped. It
will be fairly obvious that a small, 4”x6” photo frame will be a lot easier to pack and ship than, for instance, A1 framed poster. Another way of putting it is that, the bigger the picture frame, the more work you’ll have to do. A second one may well be, who will ship or courier the parcel for you. You will need to keep in mind that many Couriers will not accept parcels containing picture frames, photo frames ...
How to hang and keep your picture frames straight and level
Posted on Category: Frame Care & MaintenanceBy:Looking at the image here, who hasn’t ever asked him or herself, how to hang picture frames straight and level in their homes or office? It would be fairly safe to say: no one, because just about everyone we know of
has had to deal with this issue at one time or another. It has to be one of life’s great small annoyances, especially when or if you're having visitors at home. Why this happens has to to with physics. The natural elements, everyday events and happenings can transmit, impart or exert unseen, but real, forces. A gust of wind via a doorway left open will most likely be string enough to move a photo frame on a wall. A ...
A word about picture framing testamurs
Posted on Category: Frame Types & StylesBy:A testamur is often also called an award certificate, a university graduation certificate or diploma.
It is awarded to students, on their successful completion of a higher, or tertiary education course, in Australia this is often a, a four year, undergraduate degree course. Testamurs are often signed by a University’s Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor. These valuable documents are often a prima facie evidence of tertiary qualifications and hence this post about a word about picture framing testamurs. Nowadays undergraduates ...
Double your picture framing dollars with matted picture frames
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We have noticed that many of our picture framing Customers are thrifty, frugal and quite astute. Now, you too can double your picture framing dollars with matted picture frames when coming
to our factory to buy our photo frames and picture frames and save money. Our customers seem to want more bang for their bucks, more picture frames for what they want to spend. This is why we would like to divulge a relatively unknown, and somewhat underused, shopping strategy , and one way to do this is to buy our matted frames ; instead of ...
Why you should not cheaply frame your own football jumper
Posted on Category: Frame Types & StylesBy:We thought we should write this post "Why you should not cheaply frame your own football jumper" because of the regular inquiries we receive from customers and s
porting fans wanting to Do-Your-Own, football jumpers, soccer tops, cricket shirts framing, using cheap, ready-made, picture frames. Typically they tell us that they have a family football jumper they want quickly framed for a fast approaching birthday or looming event. Often they just don’t only want the jumper framed, they also want photos, tickets, scarves or what have you, combined and all framed together. They further explain that as their budget is a ...
How to cheaply stretch and frame your own counted cross stitch
Posted on Category: Frame Types & StylesBy:It has been our experience, and in particular during these last 20 years or so of custom picture framing, that
Customers seem to be wanting to spend less and less for any kind of custom picture framing, hence this post "How to cheaply stretch and frame your own counted cross stitch" . We are finding that most people baulk at even moderate custom picture framing prices, wanting to spend as little as possible on custom picture frames, even less than what they used to, years ago. Why this is so is beyond the scope of this ...
The chimera of the loyalty of customers
Posted on Category: Picture Framing Industry InsightsBy:A chimera is myth, delusion or illusion of something that is widely thought or believed to exist, but when rationally
examined or investigated, is found not to be so, hence this post "The chimera of the loyalty of customers" .When we began our picture framing business, during the last millennium, or nigh on half a century ago, customer loyalty was the credo that small, local businesses would unquestioningly believe, seek and pursue. Verily, we practised this belief ourselves and preached it ...
Why “composite wood” MDF picture frames are supplanting “real wood” picture frames
Posted on Category: Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs )By:In a nutshell, this is happening because more customers want cheap picture frames than expensive picture frames
it’s that simple, hence this post " Thank you for reading our post "Why "composite wood" MDF picture frames are supplanting "real wood". But the reasons for and background to this answer are deeper and more, complicated. From the probable beginnings of approximately 2000 years ago men ( and women ) cut real wood from real tree forests to make the four sticks needed for a picture frame ...
Framing graffiti art : Controversial art or visual abomination?
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The framing of graffiti art, whether controversial art or visual abomination, is a big question. Where did graffiti come from: The word graffiti comes from the Italian nouns “graffito” and “graffio” meaning
“a little scratch”. It has been assimilated into the English language to denote any casual writing or design marked on a wall or timber structure. Oddly enough though, if it’s been done on a rock it’s rack it’ called a petroglyph. There’s no great need to describe what a graffito or graffiti are. The oldest ones seem to date back tp 2,500 years BC and, unsurprisingly, are erotic and depict both genitalia and coitus thus ...
Our five most popular shadow box frames questions
Posted on Category: Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs )By:What are Shadow Box frames? This post "Our five most popular shadow box frames questions" will address this and other questions. These specialized picture frames are essentially the same as normal picture frames but with
several different features. Firstly the moulding, or frame, is much deeper at its side. For instance a normal moulding could be 4cms wide x 2cms high. With shadow box mouldings the proportions are reversed so that it would be 2cms wide x 4cms high, thus giving frames that ‘boxy’ look.
As the frame is deeper, and since a window mat, glass and backing are quite thin, perhaps making up .5 cm of the ...


